Leonora met her future husband when she was visiting a relative in Morgan Co. In. Leonora's mother was the niece of Perry T. Macy, Thomas Hadley's stepfather.
Following their marriage, they settled in Leonora's home town of Economy, In. Thomas, her husband entered the construction business. He built many homes and farm buildings in and near the town. He prospered, and later aquired two adjacent farms, totaling 152 acres, located 2 miles west of Economy. He combined the two farms into one, and developed his land into one of the outstanding farms of the community. He built substantial farm buildings, fine carriages, established orchards of apples, peaches, pear and cherries, and raised crops of grain and livestock. Thomas was also one of the religious leaders of his community. He, together with Edgar Lock, Albert Chamness and John Carver Keever, was instrumental in reopening the West River Friends Church in 1903, which had been closed for some thirteen years. The church located about three and a half miles west of Economy, still(1974)serves the farm community in which it is located.
MOTHER: Lucinda Macy
FATHER: Henry Clay Beard
HUSBAND: Thomas P. Hadley
MARRIAGE: Apr 1883 (4 Apr, 1881)
CHILDREN:(all born in Economy, In.)
Ralph Seward Hadley
Eva Luzena Hadley
Rebecca Madge Hadley
Mazie Matilda Hadley
Gracie Hadley
Anna Clarice Hadley
Violet Faye Hadley
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Leonora Beard
Age in 1870: 9
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1870: Perry, Wayne, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Greens Fork
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Beard 32
Lucinda Beard 31
Leonora Beard 9
Jonathan Beard 5
Nancy Finch 64
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Perry, Wayne, Indiana; Roll: M593_371; Page: 493A; Image: 90; Family History Library Film: 545870.
2. Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
Name: Lenora C. Beard
Spouse Name: Thomas P. Hadley
Marriage Date: Apr 1883
Marriage County: Wayne
Source Citation: Title: Wayne County, Indiana, Index to Marriage Records 1860* - 1920 Inclusive V, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: C- N; Page: 516.
3. 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Nora C Hadley
Age: 79
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Indiana
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Home in 1940: West River, Randolph, Indiana
Inferred Residence in 1935: West River, Randolph, Indiana
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 9A
Household Members: Name Age
Marie M Hutchinson 51
Paul Hutchinson 16
Nora C Hadley 79
Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: West River, Randolph, Indiana; Roll: T627_1089; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 68-24.
*Family relationships and birth/death dates and places were taken from trees on Ancestry.com. (The birth and death years came from cemetery records.)
Leonora met her future husband when she was visiting a relative in Morgan Co. In. Leonora's mother was the niece of Perry T. Macy, Thomas Hadley's stepfather.
Following their marriage, they settled in Leonora's home town of Economy, In. Thomas, her husband entered the construction business. He built many homes and farm buildings in and near the town. He prospered, and later aquired two adjacent farms, totaling 152 acres, located 2 miles west of Economy. He combined the two farms into one, and developed his land into one of the outstanding farms of the community. He built substantial farm buildings, fine carriages, established orchards of apples, peaches, pear and cherries, and raised crops of grain and livestock. Thomas was also one of the religious leaders of his community. He, together with Edgar Lock, Albert Chamness and John Carver Keever, was instrumental in reopening the West River Friends Church in 1903, which had been closed for some thirteen years. The church located about three and a half miles west of Economy, still(1974)serves the farm community in which it is located.
MOTHER: Lucinda Macy
FATHER: Henry Clay Beard
HUSBAND: Thomas P. Hadley
MARRIAGE: Apr 1883 (4 Apr, 1881)
CHILDREN:(all born in Economy, In.)
Ralph Seward Hadley
Eva Luzena Hadley
Rebecca Madge Hadley
Mazie Matilda Hadley
Gracie Hadley
Anna Clarice Hadley
Violet Faye Hadley
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Leonora Beard
Age in 1870: 9
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1870: Perry, Wayne, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Greens Fork
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Beard 32
Lucinda Beard 31
Leonora Beard 9
Jonathan Beard 5
Nancy Finch 64
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Perry, Wayne, Indiana; Roll: M593_371; Page: 493A; Image: 90; Family History Library Film: 545870.
2. Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
Name: Lenora C. Beard
Spouse Name: Thomas P. Hadley
Marriage Date: Apr 1883
Marriage County: Wayne
Source Citation: Title: Wayne County, Indiana, Index to Marriage Records 1860* - 1920 Inclusive V, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: C- N; Page: 516.
3. 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Nora C Hadley
Age: 79
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Indiana
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Home in 1940: West River, Randolph, Indiana
Inferred Residence in 1935: West River, Randolph, Indiana
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 9A
Household Members: Name Age
Marie M Hutchinson 51
Paul Hutchinson 16
Nora C Hadley 79
Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: West River, Randolph, Indiana; Roll: T627_1089; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 68-24.
*Family relationships and birth/death dates and places were taken from trees on Ancestry.com. (The birth and death years came from cemetery records.)
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